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schlock
/ ʃlɒk /
noun
- goods or produce of cheap or inferior quality; trash
adjective
- cheap, inferior, or trashy
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of schlock1
Yiddish: damaged merchandise, probably from German Schlag a blow; related to slay
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Example Sentences
Cain wrote one good book, Postman, and a shelf full of schlock.
From The Daily Beast
So this is not an Avatar vs. Hurt Locker battle of popular schlock versus unappreciated quality.
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